WA MK2 Golf Hard Brake Lines (front left)

[rutti]

Hi there,

Rounded flare nut (even with proper flare spanners) on front left hard brake line (from engine bay to front left wheel). Please PM if you have this lying around, may take remaining lines if price is good.

[h100vw]

Heat it up with a hot air gun, let it cool down and do it a couple more times. Then vice grip it off.

Gavin

[Peter Jones]

A good brake place can make them up. They're not expensive to do.

[h100vw]

A good brake place can make them up. They're not expensive to do.

I used to make a new set in about an hour, for the whole car. Can you buy the pipe here?

Gavin

[rutti]

Thanks guys! As helpful as always... will try to get it off and see if local mob can make one.

I found ebay seller with what claims to be compatible lines for VW... kunifer they call it.

[h100vw]

Thats the right stuff, copper and easy to work with.

Gavin

[Peter Jones]

I used to make a new set in about an hour, for the whole car. Can you buy the pipe here?

Gavin

Yeah, I make all my own hard lines. Any decent brake place will sell you the line and fittings.

[h100vw]

Lucky that the weather here doesn't kill the standard hard lines like in the UK. If I got pinged at MOT time, I just did the whole car. Lasts a lifetime after that.

Gavin

[Peter Jones]

Copper is easy to work with and won't rust. It's mostly only used in the UK though due to steel ones rusting out so quickly.

Australian brake professionals just use steel bundy tube, same as OEM. It can come coated with nickel or copper plating or plastic. The right size for VW is 4.75mm or 3/16 . The flare nuts are M10 x 1.

Steel is harder to work with, you need a good flaring tool and it's a bit trickier to bend but it has it's advantages.

Steel is stronger which helps in high vibration applications and where you want to be disconnecting / reconnecting the lines a lot.

[Peter Jones]

I haven't seen too many brake lines that are rusted through here in Aus, although the ones I have seen have all been in MK1 Golfs, usually the passenger side one in the footwell.

[roccodingo]

Hi there,

Rounded flare nut (even with proper flare spanners) on front left hard brake line (from engine bay to front left wheel). Please PM if you have this lying around, may take remaining lines if price is good.

Perth brake parts can make it for you or sell you all the parts if you want to make it yourself, Anton and I did his Mk1 upgrade a few weeks back and made all new lines for his car.

[rutti]

Perth brake parts can make it for you or sell you all the parts if you want to make it yourself, Anton and I did his Mk1 upgrade a few weeks back and made all new lines for his car.

Cheers mate, got it made by PBP. Will try to catch up soon.